“That’s true.”

Tang Zifeng changed his words very quickly. He said: "We have to attack Gao Jinsheng this time, under the banner of a country's righteousness, otherwise we are afraid that the local government will protect him."

"You are not just trying to use public opinion to attack him, right?" Liang Zile asked.

"Of course not." Tang Zifeng said, "For people like Gao Jinsheng, public opinion pressure is useless to him. He believes in the principle of free market, saying that as long as he does not break the law, the country cannot do anything to him. Think about it, he is not afraid of the state machine. What impact can a mere public opinion have on him?"

Liang Zile muttered: "But the principle of free market is correct. If it is in the United States, as long as the operation of a company is indeed not illegal, the country will not interfere."

"Let the professor explain this question to you." Tang Zifeng pointed his hand at Wang Zijie and said.

Wang Zijie said: "What Xiao Liang said is consistent with the mainstream view in the domestic academic community. Most scholars believe that the state should not interfere in legitimate market competition unless a company violates the law. For example, if you can prove that Xiayi Machine Tool Company's price reduction behavior is suspected of dumping, then the government can crack down on it. If there is no evidence, or even no obvious evidence, it should be accused of being guilty and cannot be roughly interfered."

Liang Zile said: "Yes, yes, this is also the view of the mainstream international economics community. Now mainstream theories are calling on everyone to return to Smith's tradition, that is, the government only acts as a night watcher and the business operations are left to the market for adjustment."

The so-called Smith tradition is the view of Adam Smith, the founder of Western economics. Smith believes that there is an "invisible hand" in the market that can spontaneously regulate production and does not require the government to do anything.

For more than 100 years after Smith, Western countries have always pursued a policy of not interfering with the market, but the market has not been able to "automatically clear" as Smith predicted. Instead, there will be an economic crisis caused by the serious disconnection between supply and demand every ten years, and the market will be forced to clear the market.

By the end of the 1920s, an unprecedented 29-33 crisis broke out in the Western world, which severely damaged the entire capitalist world. After the crisis, the Keynesian school that advocated government intervention in the market had the upper hand, and Smith's dogma was abandoned. Western countries generally implemented deficit fiscal policies, and the government came forward to stimulate effective market demand to maintain market prosperity.

The Keynesian school was popular for about half a century. By the 1970s, long-term stagflation in the Western world was neither prosperous nor bust. After research, economists believed that this was a problem brought by Keynesian economics. The economy relied too much on deficit budgets to prosper life, which was equivalent to a patient taking tonics for a long time to maintain his life. The final result was to be a weak fat man.

Economists learned from their mistakes and decided to abandon Keynes and re-enter their ancestor Smith, thus creating neoliberal economics. In the past decade, it was the time when neoliberal economics was at its most terrible, and the economic circle in China was naturally not immune to the common people. When doing academic exchanges, you cannot make a few Smith quotes, and you are embarrassed to claim that you are engaged in economics.

Liang Zile studied both undergraduate and master's degree in the United States, so when it comes to this theory, he is naturally even more knowledgeable.

Wang Zijie said: "Xiao Liang is right. The concept of the Night Watch Government is now a consensus in the international academic community and is highly respected in the domestic academic circle. To be honest, if it weren't for being threatened by Tang Zifeng, I would also like to join the neoliberal school, and apply for projects, awards, etc., which would be much easier."

He said this, but he didn't think so in his heart. His direction of academic research was largely influenced by Tang Zifeng, which made his academic views very different from the liberal views that are currently mainstream. It is precisely because of his uniqueness that many views conform to the government's management practice that he is widely welcomed in various government departments.

Those liberal scholars look quite glorious, but when government officials talk about them, they are very despised, believing that they are not down-to-earth, and that the policy suggestions they put forward are simply not feasible in reality.

Wang Zijie was recognized by government officials, and there were actually more opportunities to apply for projects and awards. After graduation, the graduate students he led were easier to work in government agencies than students from other tutors.

Some scholars laughed at Wang Zijie for following the policy change and being a "monetary" scholar, but in fact they are full of envy, jealousy and hatred for him, and secretly intend to learn from him. This is just off-topic.

"Senior Brother Tang came from the Ministry of Machinery and is now the boss of a large state-owned enterprise. Of course, he supports state intervention. This is called hip-controlling the brain, and we are not surprised." Bao Nana joked.

Tang Zifeng shook his head and said, "On the contrary, this is the real brain that directs the buttocks. How many of those who believe in neoliberalism have truly studied the economy? Xiao Liang, please explain to me which liberal law was written based on the Cox report? How can I explain the Vassenal Agreement with neoliberalism?"

Hearing these two examples given by Tang Zifeng, Liang Zile could only shrugg and couldn't say anything.

The so-called Wassenah Agreement, full name is the "Wassenah Agreement on the Control of Export of Conventional Weapons and Dual-Use Items and Technologies", is a technology embargo initiated by the United States in 1996. This agreement is nominally restricting the export of weapons and weapons-related technologies and equipment to some sensitive countries, but in fact it uses this as an excuse to restrict the flow of technology to maintain the state party's own technological advantages.

According to the Wassenah Agreement, Western countries can legitimately block other countries' technological blockade without violating the principle of "trade liberalization". Judging from the current world pattern, this "other country" mainly refers to China.

Liang Zile has communicated a lot with Tang Zifeng and others over the years, and his ideas and ideas have been somewhat affected. Although some people can find various reasons to prove the rationality of the Vasenal Agreement, you can know that this explanation is just a deviant statement. After all, this is a dispute over interests among countries, what kind of people with universal values ​​are involved?

In the domestic academic circle, there are many people who believe that the WASSENNA Agreement is reasonable, and it can even be said to occupy the mainstream. The only reason why these people support the WASSENNA Agreement is that it was created by Western countries.

Can something wrong with what Western countries do?

In comparison, Wang Zijie is indeed a clear stream.

"I won't talk about what's going on with China. Even if it's within Western countries, where have we ever engaged in real liberalism? Isn't the United States and the European Union behind the struggle between Boeing and Airbus? What kind of free trade is this?" Tang Zifeng continued.

"Absolute freedom is impossible." Liang Zile spoke in disappointment. "In fact, even within the United States, the development of various industries does not only emphasize free competition. For example, agriculture, energy industry, and military industry are all big players lobbying by Congress. They spend money to bribe lawmakers and let Congress pass bills that are beneficial to them. In the final analysis, many American scholars have also pointed out that they have come."

"Dei!" Tang Zifeng wrote a Sichuan dialect and continued: "Humans have not yet achieved world harmony. At this time, liberalism is naive. As for China, if we want to rise peacefully, we must control the industries that are related to the lifeline of the country's economy in our own hands. This is unquestionable. Gao Jinsheng's problem is to challenge the country's bottom line. What market principles can we talk about with such people?"

"I understand." Liang Zile nodded. He actually didn't understand these principles. He just discussed with Tang Zifeng. Tang Zifeng was talking about Gao Jinsheng, but Liang Zile learned more from it. He now has opened an investment consulting company in Beijing, and how to grasp the policy context is also very important.

"So, what should we do?"

After listening to the discussion between Tang Zifeng and Liang Zile, Bao Nana talked about the real problems.

Bao Nana knows a little bit about policy matters. Over the past few years, she has also developed the habit of following Tang Zifeng's lead. Knowing that what Tang Zifeng is sure of is definitely correct even if it is contrary to the current general social trends. Specifically, Bao Nana has no relationship with him. If Tang Zifeng wants to deal with him, Bao Nana is responsible for preparing ropes, candles, and whips, so there is no need to take care of other things.

"You two must cooperate with each other." Tang Zifeng pointed at Wang Zijie and said to Bao Nana: "Professor Wang is responsible for writing theoretical articles to explore the significance of the equipment industry to the country and the value of the national chess idea today. As for you, you must be responsible for keeping up with media articles, exposing the bad impact of Gao Jinsheng's behavior on the machine tool industry, quote Professor Wang's views in key places, and putting an overview, comparing Gao Jinsheng, Qin Hui and Wang Jingwei."

"I understand." Bao Nana nodded. In recent years, Deep Blue Focus Company has become very skilled in doing this kind of public relations hype. She has brought a scholar to the banner and put some things that are not suitable for public relations companies to say on scholars, making people feel particularly credible.

"Also, Mr. Xu instructed that this time the publicity must not be limited to attacking Jinsheng Group, but rather to explain the significance of this matter and let other companies take it as a warning. We cannot attack passively every time. If we toss this way, it will also be a loss to our own strength." Tang Zifeng said again.

Bao Nana asked: "Senior brother, I want to know, after the publicity on our side is unfolding, how do you plan to attack Jinsheng Group?"

"This cannot be disclosed for the time being. But there is one thing you can rest assured, that is, after this round of attacks, Jinsheng Group will definitely be over." Tang Zifeng said confidently.
Chapter completed!